title: Solitary lymph node metastasis without local recurrence of primary chordoma.
abstract: Chordoma is a malignant neoplasm believed to arise from notochord remnants. Its incidence is highest in the sixth decade and is generally regarded as a locally aggressive tumor with slow progression growth rate. Its metastatic incidence ranges from 5 to 40%, and it is generally believed that metastases without local recurrence of primary neoplasm are extremely rare. We report a case of a 38-year-old male patient with solitary inguinal lymph node metastasis without local recurrence of a previously surgically treated primary sacrococcygeal chordoma.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sopta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulic
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mijucic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mamontov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mandic
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D016896:Treatment Outcome